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It’s been 25 years since former CBBC presenter Andy Crane appeared onscreen with his Broom Cupboard buddy Edd The Duck.

But the pair’s long separation came to an end after an emotional reunion on BBC Breakfast, to mark the 30th anniversary of Children’s BBC.

And we have to admit, Edd doesn’t look like he’s aged a day since then:

Still looking as young as ever. (Picture: BBC)

Andy – who put Edd’s youthful looks down to ‘oil of Olay and clean living’ – was largely unable to get a word in edgeways due to his pal’s over-enthusiastic quacking, but he did have the chance to take a fond look back at his time in the Broom Cupboard.

‘There hadn’t been anything like it before. to pull together the whole Children’s BBC sequence and give live continuity to it was massive,’ explained Andy, now a presenter on BBC Manchester and newsreader for Granada TV.

Andy Crane hadn’t been on screen with Edd for 25 years until the BBC Breakfast reunion (Picture: BBC)

‘We had no idea how successful it would be. Millions of people loved him and Gordon and Otis The Aardvark and all the other characters.’

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And Edd’s whereabouts for the past quarter century? Apparently he’s been ‘living in a shoebox’.

Er, OK then.

For those who want more CBBC nostalgia, they’re hosting its own look back, Hacker’s Birthday Bash, on the channel from 6pm.